Republicans say the darndest things! Or rather, the DUMBEST things

[Drake Tungsten]

I wonder what's going to happen to all that office space in Jersey when the new WTC finally opens. Will patriotism and disdain for Jersey fill the WTC or will pragmatism keep the Jersey office buildings going strong?

[KrazyHorse]

Well, IIUC GS owns their space in Jersey, so transactions costs will keep the back office monkeywork there.

NYC gave GS a billion in "Liberty bonds" (munis funding private projects) in the aftermath of Sept. 11 in order to induce them to stay. In all honesty, with the current ferry transport system, Jersey City and Manhattan aren't that different. There's definitely a prejudice for being in the city itself as opposed to across the river. That's why front- and middle-office **** is in Manhattan and back-office **** is in Jersey.

[Berzerker]

at that price tag I'd go with a military tribunal

[Q Classic]

Hahaha, this is amazing.

[Guynemer]

Apparently, Guiliani is the latest Republican to say that America did not suffer any terrorist attacks under Bush.

[Drake Tungsten]

Looks like the Administration is going to move KSM's trial from New York to some other location.

[DinoDoc]

Looks like the Administration is going to move KSM's trial from New York to some other location.

Hopefully Gitmo.

[DaShi]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/gop-waters-down-purity-test-for-its-candidates/

January 29, 2010, 6:34 pm
G.O.P. Waters Down ‘Purity Test’ for Its Candidates
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
HONOLULU –The Republican National Committee today approved a watered-down resolution designed to deal with a demand by conservative committee members that Republican candidates agree to support a list of conservative positions as a condition of receiving financial support from the party.

The original so-called “purity resolution” set off intense opposition from Republican leaders who feared it would complicate efforts to recruit candidates for elective office, and would damage the party’s image at a time when it was trying to expand its appeal. The resolution would have required candidates to support eight of 10 positions on issues including abortion, immigration and the war in Iraq in order to receive party endorsements and campaign funds.

Its opponents included the party’s national chairman, Michael Steele, who called it a litmus test.

Under the compromise, the Republican National Committee “urges its leadership and the leadership of all Republican organizations” to examine the record of candidates to determine if they support positions expressed in the party’s platform. It also “urges” that no financial support be given to candidates who do not support the platform.

James Bopp Jr., the conservative from Indiana who proposed the “purity” resolution, asserted that the latest version of the resolution was even better than the one he suggested, a claim that met a decidedly dubious reaction.


“Read the resolution: It says what it says, it’s a suggestion,” Bob Tiernan, the Republican chairman from Oregon, told Mr. Bopp during an argument between the two men. “There’s nothing mandatory there. There’s nothing required. I am a chairman: I am not going take that back and make my candidates sign it.”

Mr. Bopp shook his head. “This is binding,” he said. “You are to determine – determine – that the candidate wholeheartedly…”

Mr. Tiernan cut him off. “There is nothing binding in there. Read the words.”

Mr. Bopp shook his head in frustration. “Shut up!” he said.

Silence. “That’s not nice, Mr. Tiernan said.

[Drake Tungsten]

Confirmed...

9/11 trials to be moved from NYC

Pressured by a growing clamor from New York, the Obama administration has decided to move the trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects away from Manhattan, where it had been scheduled to take place just blocks from the site of the twin towers attack.

Multiple media outlets, including NBC News, The Washington Post and The New York Times, reported on Friday night that the administration has abandoned its plan to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in the city.

"New York is out," one administration official told the Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been officially announced. "We're considering other options."

The Justice Department is drawing up plans for possible alternate locations to try Mohammed and four alleged accomplices, two administration officials told The Associated Press earlier Friday.

Though the officials wouldn’t discuss locations under consideration, others have suggested Governors Island, a former military base in New York Harbor that now welcomes summertime picnickers and bike riders; the U.S. Military Academy at West Point or Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y.

New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters Friday that a backlash had made it “unlikely” the case would go forward in the city. He said plans to hold the trial there started to unravel after a speech he gave recently detailing the enormous costs and logistical challenges of ensuring security at the Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan.

Criticism of the plan, which had been announced by Attorney General Eric Holder last year, reached a crescendo this week when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reversed his earlier support. On his weekly radio show Friday, Bloomberg said he had spoken with “high level” people in the Obama administration about his concerns and they were “trying to do something.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35132816/ns/us_news-security/

[GePap]

I thought this was about the buttkicking the President gave the Republican House Caucus today...that is before I noted how old the thread was....

[Dinner]

You mean this?

[Theben]

Confirmed...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35132816...news-security/

Basically New Yorkers are the pussies we thought they were. No big surprise...

[Drake Tungsten]

Chicago should volunteer to have the trial. Trying KSM in a civilian court is Obama's idea, after all, so it's only fair that his city should pay for it.

[DaShi]

I wouldn't mind if they had it where I am. I ain't afraid of no terrorist.

[Drake Tungsten]

Looks like DD might get his wish...

The trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed won't be held in lower Manhattan and could take place in a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, sources said last night.

Administration officials said that no final decision had been made but that officials of the Department of Justice and the White House were working feverishly to find a venue that would be less expensive and less of a security risk than New York City.

The back-to-the-future Gitmo option was reported yesterday by Fox News and was not disputed by White House officials.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/bay_what_gitmo_mCRoRefbWjHgmYQFT4vvIK#ixzz0e7sZYpI5